AMD Athlon 64 2000+ vs AMD Phenom X4 9500

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 64 2000+ and AMD Phenom X4 9500 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Athlon 64 2000+

AMD Phenom X4 9500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 2000+

CPU is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
11.9x lower typical power consumption: 8 Watt vs 95 Watt

Launch date	June 2008 vs November 2007
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	8 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X4 9500

3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
Around 120% higher clock speed: 2.2 GHz vs 1 GHz
4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	4 vs 1
Maximum frequency	2.2 GHz vs 1 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB (per core) vs 512 KB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 64 2000+
CPU 2: AMD Phenom X4 9500

Name	AMD Athlon 64 2000+	AMD Phenom X4 9500
PassMark - Single thread mark	130
PassMark - CPU mark	116
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		203
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		651
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		4.363
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.03
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		0.188
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1.623

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon 64 2000+	AMD Phenom X4 9500
Essentials
Architecture codename	Lima	Agena
Launch date	June 2008	November 2007
Place in performance rating	3319	3321
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	77 mm	285 mm
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Maximum frequency	1 GHz	2.2 GHz
Number of cores	1	4
Transistor count	122 million	450 million
L3 cache		2048 KB (shared)
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM2	AM2+
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	8 Watt	95 Watt
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)